No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or
indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except that, where one building stands at the
rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available
or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley,
court, yard, or driveway, the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but
the Village does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility
for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection
aforementioned.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall all conform to
the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the Village. In the absence of code provisions
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WEF Manual of Practice
No. 9 shall apply.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation
drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected
directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer, unless such connection
is approved by the Superintendent for purposes of disposal of polluted
surface drainage.
A permit issued pursuant to §
435-15A(2) shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. Permit applications. A permit application for industrial users shall
provide the following information:
(1) Anticipated volume computed on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
and, if seasonal or otherwise irregular, the anticipated peak periods;
(3) Characteristics of wastewater;
(5) Each product produced by type;
(6) Amount and rate of production; and
(7) Description of activities, facilities and plant process on the premises,
including all materials processed and types of materials which are
or could be discharged.
B. Terms and conditions.
(1) Any permit issued under this section shall contain such limits and restrictions on volume, constituents, characteristics of wastewater and flow rates as may be determined by the Superintendent as reasonably necessary to equitably allocate the capacity of the POTW and to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare and such other requirements as may be determined by the Superintendent pursuant to Article
V of this chapter.
(2) Permits shall contain specifications for monitoring programs, which
may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types
and standards for tests and reporting schedules.
C. Modifications by Village.
(1) The permit terms and conditions shall be subject to modification
and change by the Superintendent. Except in case of emergency, the
Superintendent shall notify the permit holder at least 30 days in
advance, in writing, served either personally or by certified mail,
return receipt requested, at the permit holder's place of business
within the Village. Such notice shall specify the proposed changes
or modifications, the reasons therefor, and the proposed effective
date; a statement that the permit holder may submit, in writing, any
objections, counter proposals or justification for continuation of
any or all other terms or conditions of the permit; and also the right
to request a hearing before the Superintendent, if demanded within
the thirty-day period, and to be represented by counsel and to present
proof and rebut any evidence produced at the hearing.
(2) Compliance with any final order of the Superintendent under this
subsection shall not be required sooner than 30 days after service
upon the permit holder, as above provided, except in case of emergency.
D. Modifications at request of permit holder. An industrial user shall
apply for a permit modification if production or process is changed
so that wastewater characteristics or flow is altered.
E. Assignment or transfer of permit. A permit issued pursuant to this
section shall not be assigned, transferred or sold to a new owner,
new user, different premises or a new or changed operation.
F. Maximum time period. A permit issued pursuant to this section shall be for a period not to exceed four years; provided, however, that a permit may be extended for additional periods not to exceed four years each upon payment of the required fee and submission of a new application as provided in Subsection
A of this section. Such application shall be submitted within six months and not less than one month prior to expiration of a permit.
G. Revocation of permit. A permit may be revoked by the Superintendent
for any of the following conditions:
(1) Any false information submitted in the permit application.
(2) Wilfully exceeding the limits and restrictions as to volume, constituents,
characteristics of wastewater and flow rates as specified in the permit.
(3) Wilfully failing to maintain monitoring programs as required by the
Superintendent.
(4) Failure to take corrective action as specified by the Superintendent
within the time specified.
(5) Failure to pay any charges, fees or sewer rents within three months
after falling due.
H. Enforcement. Conditions of wastewater discharge permits shall be
uniformly enforced by the Village in accordance with this chapter
and applicable state and federal regulations. Permits shall be expressly
subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other regulations,
user charges and fees established by the Village and applicable state
and federal regulations.